Back asswards – that is what comes to mind when I read this headline on NOLA.com this morning, “New Orleans mayoral race now evenly divided between black and white candidates.” Wait – when I went back to post this, the title of the article had been changed to “Landrieu’s late [...]
Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Elsey
Abdul Rashid, a 5-year-old resident of the Nawa district of Afghanistan, receives a dressing for a wound on his face from Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Elsey, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, [...]
Updating a story I posted here, word tonight is Col. Van T. Barfoot will be allowed to keep his flagpole. His Homeowners Association has dropped its demand that he remove his flagpole which was a position that no doubt brought incredibly negative attention to their [...] 1835 – The Republic of Texas captures San Antonio, Texas.
1872 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state. It’s part of Reconstruction: “We’ll tell you da*n rebs how to run your state!”
1875 – Massachusetts Rifle Association “America’s Oldest Active Gun Club” [...]
Via Ben Smith, Stanley Fish has posted his review of Going Rogue, and ... he liked it.
Except when they, y'know, post their classified security proceedures on line for all to see. Even a copy of a CIA ID card. Something to remember as you fly this season.' [...] 
Surely by now you've heard of the Kevin Jennings brouhaha. I've blogged about him before, several times, starting in September. Pamela Gellar wrote about him before that, in June. Gateway Pundit has been all over the Jennings story this week.
Maybe it's the season, but I've been snowed under lately and on the go. I'll get caught up and back to regular blogging shortly, but meanwhile, here are a couple of interesting reads for you:1941 – The world is falling apart for Western powers in the Pacific and the Far East as Japan takes the gloves off at the beginning of the war.
1980 – Mark David Chapman shoots and kills John Lennon in front of The Dakota apartment building.
[...]The fact that Fed Chairman Ben Bernake is likely to be re-appointed as chairman of the Federal Reserve should deeply disturb all of us, much more so than the election of Obama as president.
Bernake, unlike Obama, has established a track record of failure that is obvious to politicians [...]
Was Team Hopenchange's playbook written by a convicted felon while in jail? Well, it worked for another jailed socialist...
Obama's recent bow to the Japanese Emperor, explained:
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Pearl Harbor survivor James Cook of Slidell was honored during a ceremony Monday at Pearl Harbor Park in Chalmette, Cook, 84, was on the USS Rigel (AD-13) during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The Rigel, originally built in 1918, was at the [...] 
So now, America, freedom is slavery. Where have I heard that before? Oh, yeah...I’m such a sucker!
A week or so ago I was at the mailbox and there was a new notice fluttering from the bulletin board. I read it. Somebody was trying to give away a pair of cats, brother and sister, littermates, declawed, neutered, indoor, shots up to date. What cat [...]
Concrete cloth, and some other new materials will peg your geek-o-meter.
68 years ago today:This story hit the big time this morning.
Business Fumes Over Carbon Dioxide Rule
By JEFFREY BALL and CHARLES FORELLE
Officials gather in Copenhagen this week for an international climate summit, but business leaders are focusing even more on Washington, where the Obama administration is expected as early as Monday to [...]
This little jewel:
3300 pounds
Some of you may be interested. And at the time of this photo, it was just BARELY cool enough to touch.
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The Navy SEALs charged for giving a terrorist a fat lip face their arraignment today.1696 – Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull. Two days later sections are barricaded off with orange cones as twelve guys lean on the hoods of pickup trucks watching one guy with a shovel…
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to [...]
2 dates we should all remember: Pearl Harbor Day December 7, 1941 and DDay June 6, 1944.
Sirr JJ wanted to remind me of this most important date and wrote to me:
” Remember Pearl Harbor, 68 years ago, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, sinking or damaging 12 naval vessels, killing 2,402 [...]
Since is near Christmas, allow me to tender the following:
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FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees DATE: October 1, 2009
RE: Gala Christmas Party
I’m happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take place on December 23rd, starting at noon in the private function room at [...]
As you may or may not know, I have this new gig Vlogging for Rightpundits.com They created a You Tube channel just for me and it is doing quite well. I moderate the comments as some of them were very hellacious. Most get approved and many make me [...]
Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit is all OVER Kevin Jennings this week. I'm glad to see it. I posted on Jennings here, here, and here, among others, as has Michelle Malkin and other bloggers.
I woke up this morning to one of those bleak, grey days this morning. It was forty when I walked out to get the paper, up from the lower thirties last night. I’m scheduled to do posole for lunch. This sort of day just cries out for a hearty, steamy [...]
1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published. I remember encyclopedias on the shelves.
1862 – President Lincoln orders the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians. Can’t be having these people get freedom and all that…
1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning [...]
This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to scream sarcasm at the weather folks. After a day full of breathless weather geeks on TV and radio issuing dire and serious warnings about the oncoming winter storm along with the earliest snow on record for this corner of [...]
Via Bride of Rove, this news caught my eye this morning:
This makes shady SEO practices even less effective and I'm all for it. It has never been more important to produce good quality content for your target audience.
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